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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Sorry you were flabbergasted. Just trying to get some information. The latest rankings for children's hospitals in 2019-2020 by US News and Reports shows that Boston Children's Hospital is number one. Neither St. Jude nor Shriners made their top ten.
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Apples and oranges. You are looking at rankings for Children's hospitals in total which includes many pediatric subspecialties [cancer, neonatal, pulmonary, cardiac....] In that list Boston, Phila, Cinci are the top three as they have been for years.
However you need to look at just the rankings for
Cancer care as that is the topic here. You will find that Dana Farber is #1 and St Jude is #2 in that sub-specialty list.
Keep in mind this is a ranking for treatment of cancer. The differences in scores in the top several are miniscule. Many of the university hospitals not only provide excellent care but have enormous staff who do only basic research for the cures for tomorrow. That is not reflected in the rankings. Shriner's does not provide cancer care, but orthopedic care mostly as well as some plastic surgery and burn care.